CIMMYT
Ending rice-wheat monopoly can ease Delhi woes
Climate adaptation and mitigation
Source: The Times of India (13 Nov 2021)
ML Jat speaks with The Times of India about the work of CIMMYT and its partners on diversification and carbon credits—two futuristic ways to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture in India.
Singh receives lifetime award for wheat breeding successes
Environmental health and biodiversity
Source: World Grain (11 Nov 2021)
Ravi Singh, head of global wheat improvement at CIMMYT, received the 2021 Borlaug Global Rust Initiative Lifetime Achievement Award.
A new vision of making profits drives mechanization service providers in Zimbabwe
Innovations
Service providers offering mechanized services in Masvingo District, southern Zimbabwe realize quick gains in early months of the pilot.
The Baigas’ Resilient Alternative to Plantation Agriculture
Climate adaptation and mitigation
Source: The Citizen (8 Nov 2021)
ML Jat points out some advantages of the bewar system, a climate-resilient alternative to plantation agriculture in India.
Managing stresses the key to better wheat varieties for all
Climate adaptation and mitigation
Source: The Land (1 Nov 2021)
In an interview with The Land, Alison Bentley emphasized the importance of developing drought-tolerant wheat varieties to see better yields in tough seasons.
World-class laboratories and research fields to the service of Mexico and the world
Innovations
Representatives of the Carlos Slim Foundation and Mexico’s National Agriculture Council (CNA) agree on the importance of collaboration between the public and private sectors, civil society and research organizations like CIMMYT.
Ravi Singh earns Lifetime Achievement award from BGRI
Environmental health and biodiversity
Renowned CIMMYT plant breeder recognized for elite wheat varieties that reduced the risk of a global pandemic and now feed hundreds of millions of people around the world.
Aussie drives global research that underpins Australian wheat industry
Climate adaptation and mitigation
Source: Grain Central (13 Oct 2021)
Alison Bentley spoke with Grain Central about CIMMYT’s breeding strategy and the use of CIMMYT germplasm in the Australian wheat-growing industry.
New CIMMYT maize hybrids available from Southern Africa breeding program
Innovations
CIMMYT is offering a new set of improved maize hybrids to partners, to scale up production for farmers in the region.
FG authorizes deregulation of TELA maize in Nigeria
Climate adaptation and mitigation
Source: The Guardian Nigeria (10 Oct 2021)
Nigeria’s National Biosafety Management Agency (NBMA) has approved the commercialization of TELA Maize seeds—a drought-tolerant and insect-protected variety aimed at enhancing food security in sub-Saharan Africa.
Govt mulling mechanization to boost jute production
Capacity development
Source: Dhaka Tribune (29 Sep 2021)
Bangladesh wants to expand the work of the Cereal Systems Initiative for South Asia-Mechanization Extension Activity (CSISA-MEA) project in Bogra, Jessore, Faridpur and Cox’s Bazar to the rest of the country.
Climate-smart strategy for weed management proves to be extremely effective
Climate adaptation and mitigation
Results of an 8-year study show that weed density and diversity are greatly reduced when zero-tillage, drip-irrigation, and new crops are introduced to rice-wheat systems.
CIMMYT becomes partner of choice in PepsiCo and Grupo Trimex’s sustainability strategy
Environmental health and biodiversity
The food and beverage company will source wheat produced sustainably from a milling company that buys grain from farmers in the BajĂo region of Mexico who will participate in CIMMYT’s research and capacity building networks.
ICAR Organized “State Level Maize Day” in Haryana
Nutrition, health and food security
Source: Krishi Jagran (15 Sep 2021)
The Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), together with CIMMYT and partners, organized a State Level Maize Day in the state of Haryana to discuss sustainable maize production systems for future generations.
